Is 499 E 8th St rent stabilized?
499 E 8th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Kensington, Brooklyn (11218). It has about 83 apartments, built in 1963.
Also written as 499 East 8th Street — or 499 E 8th St, Brooklyn, NY 11218.
How this building compares
With about 83 apartments it is larger than 86% of the 195 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Kensington. It went up in 1963, 33 years after the 1930 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 141 open violations here, about 1.7 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 326 violations on record at the address, 101 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 28 of them are still open. HPD issued 82 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Kensington |
| ZIP | 11218 |
| Year built | 1963 |
| Apartments | 83 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3053920071 |
Owner & management
| Owner | M R A PROPERTY CO 20 OCEAN COURT · BKLYN, NY 11223 |
| Managing agent | ARM CAPITAL RESOURCES |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 141 open / 326 total · 82 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 361 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 15, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 499 E 8th St rent stabilized?
499 E 8th St in Kensington, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. Registration is recorded for the building, not for each apartment in it, so an individual unit here can still have been deregulated — ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 499 E 8th St?
499 E 8th St (BBL 3053920071) has about 83 residential apartments and was built in 1963, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.